Image Databases (BYU only)
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR focuses on humanities, social science, and more recently, science titles which have proven themselves vital to these disciplines and which have many years of publication, in some cases going back to the 19th century. Also searches ARTstor.
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Bridgeman Education This link opens in a new window Bridgeman Education is a complete visual resource offering over 1,000,000 digital images of art, history and culture from global museums, galleries, private collections and contemporary artists all copyright cleared for educational use. Bridgeman Education gives you access to the visual culture of every civilization and every period from Prehistory to the present day across continents and civilisations.
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Vogue Archive (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month. Every article, cover, photo shoot, illustration and advertisement has been digitized to the highest standard, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by designer and brand names.
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Nineteenth Century Photography (Gale) This link opens in a new window Photography: The World Through the Lens assembles collections of photographs, photograph albums, photographically-illustrated books and texts on the early history of photography from libraries and archives from across the globe. Some images are well-known while many have rarely been viewed. The 19th century was about family and society, invention and scientific discovery, exploration and colonization, urban versus rural life, work, leisure and travel all this is captured in photographs. In Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO).
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Women's Wear Daily (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window A comprehensive archive of Womens Wear Daily, from the first issue in 1910 to material from within the last twelve months, reproduced in high-resolution images. Every page, article, advertisement and cover has been included, with searchable text and indexing. The Womens Wear Daily Archive preserves one of the fashion industry's most influential reads. Key moments in the history of the industry, as well as major designers, brands, retailers and advertisers are all covered in this publication of record.
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National Geographic Magazine (Gale) This link opens in a new window From its founding in 1888, the National Geographic Society has grown into an organization synonymous with exploration, photography, maps, and rethinking the world as we know it. This database features every page and every photograph, all fully searchable for the National Geographic Magazine from 1888 - present and National Geographic Traveler magazine from 2010 to the present. Also included is People, Animals, and the World which features full-text books on travel, science and technology, history, environment, animals, photography, and peoples and cultures.
Websites
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Flickr CommonsCollaborative digitization project by libraries and archives around the world, uploading photographs for public viewing and comments. Collections include George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Library of Congress, National Library of Australia, NASA, Smithsonian Institute, Swedish National Heratige Board, and many more.
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Getty ImagesContains Images, Footage, and Music archives of defining moments, places and personalities, from the historical to the present day. Images of news, sports, entertainment, Time & Life, and the British Hulton Archive.
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LIFE Magazine Photo ArchiveMillions of photographs from the LIFE Magazine Photo Archive, from the 1750s to today.
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American Memory: Historical Collections from The Library of CongressContains several multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, and moving pictures. There are currently more than 70 collections in the American Memory Archives, including Civil War photographs, 1861-65; Daguerreotypes, 1839-64; Detroit Publishing Company'sTurn-of-the-Century photographs, 1880-1920; Great Depression to World War II Photographs, 1935-45; Panoramic Photographs, ca. 1851-1991; etc.
Photography in Artstor
Salted Paper Prints
